Blog post by Mandi Gould. Originally posted October 2nd, 2010, this blog was very old so as of February 2020, it's now been updated!Back when I originally wrote this blog post, it was pretty tough to find great swing dance shoes. However, in the last few years, things have complete ...

To our lovely Colony,After a wonderful 20 years at the hive, the bees will be going into hibernation.We have made the difficult decision to officially close down Bees’ Knees Dance and That Swing!, effective December 31, 2019.Words cannot express how grateful we are to the Toronto swing dance scene ...

Bees' Knees Dance closing on Yonge St. & re-locating under new management April 25, 2014 at 9:57am Dear friends, students & Bees' Knees family,It's with great sadness that I make this important announcement.Bees' Knees Dance is closing at 750 Yonge St., and re-locating under new management. ...

VIEW 2 PHOTOS zoomHENRY CHAN JR. PHOTOStudents at Bees' Knees Dance show their stuff during a swing dance lesson.By: Dylan C. Robertson News reporter, Published on Tue Apr 15 2014Six strangers form a circle in a dance studio above a Yonge-Bloor shoe shop. They exchange some nervo ...

From the jaw-dropping flash of The Nicholas Brothers to the sophisticated beauty of Rogers & Astaire, from the cool swagger of Gene Kelly to the down n'gritty style of Gregory Hines, tap dancing has dominated stage, screen and street corners for generations. Unleash your inner rhythm-ramble and ...

Drea and Chris hosted Rogers High School Sports Zone for a little dancing this fall. ...

If you know me, you'll know that I don't like competition. More specifically, I don't like what competition can do to Lindy Hop.To me, Lindy Hop is art, not sport. It's a form of personal creative and artistic expression; a source of joy, release and pleasure for the participants.Of course, Lindy Ho ...

Mandi, Phil, Jasper and some other Toronto dancers attended the International Lindy Hop Championships last weekend. Lindy Hop is certainly more of an art than it is a sport, but sometimes these competitions produce an opportunity to showcase something truly fabulous.Check out these ...

Another great and frequently asked question came in today:"As a dance student, how should I deal with different instructors teaching conflicting swing dance styles/techniques?"This is a great question and something that everyone is faced with eventually after they move on from lear ...

I regularly have people contact me to ask advice about teaching their first Beginner Swing Dance class. I've been teaching for a long time, since 1999, and I can't even guess how many Beginner lessons I've taught throughout the years. These days I teach at least 3 Beginner lessons a week, and I trul ...